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MiniMax M2.1OPEN
MiniMax-M2.1 is a lightweight, state-of-the-art large language model optimized for coding, agentic workflows, and modern application development.
Prices update automatically — checked daily against provider list prices.
- $0.52 per 1M tokens, assuming 3 input for 1 output the convention used by Artificial Analysis
- cheaper than 32% of the 200 open-weight models tracked here
- 8 of 9 MiniMax models tracked here, from cheapest
Benchmarks & performance
Independent benchmark scores for MiniMax M2.1, measured by Artificial Analysis. Higher is better.
About this model
MiniMax M2.1 is an open-weight AI model by MiniMax. You can download and self-host it for free; the prices below are hosted-API list prices, tracked daily, for when you prefer convenience over self-hosting.
Frequently asked questions
What is MiniMax M2.1?
MiniMax M2.1 is an AI language model from MiniMax. It is open-weight: you can download it and run it on your own hardware, for free.
Is MiniMax M2.1 free?
The weights are free and open — you can self-host MiniMax M2.1 and pay nothing per token. If you prefer a hosted API, list prices are $0.3 per million input tokens and $1.2 per million output tokens.
What is MiniMax M2.1 good at?
Independent benchmarks from Artificial Analysis give it GPQA 83%, MMLU-Pro 87.5%, Humanity's Last Exam 23.2%, Long Context Reasoning 67.7%, LiveCodeBench 81%, AIME 2025 82.7%, IFBench 69.9%, τ²-Bench 85.4%, Terminal-Bench Hard 28.8%. It is particularly used for mathematical reasoning.
Can I self-host MiniMax M2.1?
Yes. MiniMax M2.1 has open weights, so you can download it and run it on your own GPU or server with tools like Ollama, vLLM or llama.cpp — with no per-token cost.